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Carrie Underwood Builds Playground
![<span style="font-size: small;">Carrie Underwood is one for helping others. On Friday (October 14), the worldwide country hitmaker paid her hometown of Checotah, Okla. a visit for a good reason. With the help of hundreds of excited volunteers and a non-profit called KaBOOM!, Underwood and her C.A.T.S. Foundation put their hands to the dirt to build a new playground for Marshall Elementary School, which coincidentally was her school when she was little.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65465025-17045906.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">Carrie Underwood is one for helping others. On Friday (October 14), the worldwide country hitmaker paid her hometown of Checotah, Okla. a visit for a good reason. With the help of hundreds of excited volunteers and a non-profit called KaBOOM!, Underwood and her C.A.T.S. Foundation put their hands to the dirt to build a new playground for Marshall Elementary School, which coincidentally was her school when she was little.</span>")
Carrie Underwood is one for helping others. On Friday (October 14), the worldwide country hitmaker paid her hometown of Checotah, Okla. a visit for a good reason. With the help of hundreds of excited volunteers and a non-profit called KaBOOM!, Underwood...Tags: Animals, Carrie Underwood, Elementary Schools
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Lady A's Strawberry Guitar
A custom guitar, carved into the shape of a strawberry and used by Lady Antebellum on stage is up for auction on eBay. All three members of Lady A autographed the guitar which is now being auctioned for charity. Dave Haywood played the guitar on stage...Tags: Auction Service, Education, Entertainment, Florida, Charter Schools
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Summit School teacher shares passion for students with disabilities
Debora Coates-Consugar has a penchant for making math simple and enjoyable for students at Summit School, an Edgewater-based, not-for-profit education center for children with dyslexia and other learning problems. But sometimes the math department...Tags: Students, Education, Annapolis, Social Sciences, Teaching and Learning
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Roanoke High School "sports" team heads to nationals
WDBJ7 ReporterBeing the smartest kid in the class is one thing, but being one of the best quiz bowl teams in the state is something entirely different. The Cave Spring High School Scholastic Team is just a few years old, but has become one of the state's elite teams....Tags: Science and Technology, Caves and Caverns, High Schools, Geography, Landforms
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Women's college lacrosse notebook: Is parity a real thing?
There's been a lot of talk in Division I women's college lacrosse about parity, and it certainly has shown within some conferences and with a few new teams in the NCAA tournament this spring, but that parity still isn't making it to the top. This year's...
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Syracuse Orange, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lacrosse, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Institute urges more physical activity, in and out of school
It’s common knowledge that Americans don’t get enough exercise – young Americans too. And the Institute of Medicine issued a report on Thursday calling on schools and government at all levels to make sure that all students get an hour...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Drugs and Medicines, Education, U.S. Department of Education, Elementary Schools
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READER SUBMITTED: Five Trinity Students, Alumni Win Fulbrights For Research Or Teaching
HartfordTrinity College reaped a bounty of Fulbright awards for the 2013-14 academic year, with two graduating seniors and three alumni being awarded fellowships to conduct research or teach. In addition, three others -- two members of the Class of 2013 and an...Tags: London School of Economics, Austria, Students, England, Education
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Former Roanoke College coach named as North Cross' boys basketball coach
A former Roanoke College coach has been named the head coach of the North Cross’ varsity boys basketball team. North Cross announced Thursday that it has hired Ed Green as its new coach. Green takes over for Bill Hodges, who retired because of...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Sports, Basketball, College Basketball, Sports
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Our Laguna: D.A.R. hands out youth awards
The Patriots Day Parade was a gift to the city from Laguna Beach Daughters of the American Revolution, and the chapter continues to reward the youth of our city who demonstrate their love of country and service to the community. Throughout the years,...
Tags: Students, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), England, Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Michigan budget panel OKs 3 percent increase for K-12 schools, 2 percent for higher education
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's public schools would get about 3 percent more and it's community colleges and universities about 2 percent more in overall funding next fiscal year under measures nearing final approval in the Legislature. The...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Education, Rick Snyder, Teaching and Learning
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Charlevoix community foundation youth committee distributes $26,160 in grants
The Youth Advisory Committee of the Charlevoix County Community Foundation has distributed $26,150 in grants this spring to eight local nonprofit agencies to fund programs that benefit young people. Started in 1992, the Youth Advisory Committee was...
Tags: United Way , Planned Parenthood, Education, High Schools, Arts
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West Jessamine High School principal Jones demoted to teacher, on special assignment for rest of year
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comThe West Jessamine High School principal was demoted from that position last week, according to personnel actions obtained by The Journal through an open-records request. Ed Jones was suspended with pay April 29 and was no longer the principal of the...Tags: High Schools, Career and Workplace, Employees
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